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CATALOGUE OF 
oblique. Male, — Labial palpi with a long penicillate tuft of testa- 
ceous hairs. Antennae incrassated towards the base. Abdomen 
extending a little beyond the hind wings. Female , — Labial palpi 
erect, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, 
less than half the length of the second. Length of the body 5— b\ 
lines ; of the wings 13 — 15 lines. 
a — g, United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
29 . Nephopteryx subcanalis. 
Cana ; alee anticce latiusculce , vix acutce , nigro subconspersce , lineis 
duabus nigris ferrugineo marginatis , 1 a subarcuata , 2 a undu - 
lata , linea marginali interrupta punctoque discali nigris ; 
posticce ceneo-cinerece. 
Hoary, rather stout. Proboscis robust. Wings comparatively 
broad. Fore wings hardly acute, thinly and irregularly black- 
speckled, with two transverse black lines ; first line nearly upright, 
slightly and irregularly curved outward: second line undulating; 
space about the second line and along the interior side of the first 
line ferruginous; marginal line black, interrupted; discal point 
black ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior border convex, mode- 
rately oblique. Hind wings pale brownish, with an aeneous tinge ; 
fringe pale cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 
14 lines. 
a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
30. Nephopteryx rufinalis. 
Mas. Rufescente-cinerea ; palpi crassi , pubescentes , oblique as - 
cendentes , v erticem paullo superantes , articulo So minimo ; 
antennee validce , basi incrassatce ; alee anticce angustce , costam 
versus et apud marginem exteriorern cance , lineis tribus canis 
denticulatis nigro submarginatis , linea media nigra denticu- 
lata, punctis marginali bus nigris ; posticce cinerece , 
Male. Reddish cinereous, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi 
thick, pubescent, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than 
the vertex; third joint extremely minute. Antennae stout, incras- 
sated towards the base. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 
hind wings. Wings with a broad fringe. Fore wings narrow, 
somewhat rounded at the tips, mostly hoary about the costa and 
about the exterior border ; three hoary transverse denticulated 
partly black-bordered lines ; first line dilated, abbreviated ; a black 
